Chicago Christmas tree ships
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At Lake Michigan.
The U.S. Coast Guard’s Christmas Ship arrived last weekend at Navy Pier in Chicago with 1,200 Christmas trees that will be donated to families in need.
This is the 18th delivery of a reenactment of Chicago’s original Christmas Tree ships from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The Rouse Simmons was a three-masted schooner that sunk on Lake Michigan in 1912. The ship was bound for Chicago with a cargo of Christmas trees and got caught in a gale near Two Rivers, Wisconsin. All on board perished including the Captain who had been nicknamed Captain Santa by the people of Chicago.
The Rouse Simmons, and several other ships, sold the trees each year directly from their berths along the Chicago River's Clark Street docks. Electric lights were strung from bow to stern, and customers were invited to board the ship to choose their trees.
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Very nice story and I like the mood in your photos @melinda010100.
Great Christmas story. Not enough good stories like this one make the news :)
I wish I could have been there this year to take pictures! Sometimes I think it would be fun to live in the city where there is so much going on all the time.
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Thank you so much! I appreciate the tip, too!
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The most unexpected post in #BeachWednesday. Beautiful story!
Thanks! It's hard to do beach stories this time of year!
Of course!
Beautiful scenery of beautiful results. Beautiful city photos and I haven't seen this in my life, that has brought you to get a beautiful dream every night.You are a very lucky person, because you have seen what I can not see in my life.I have never seen this scene it's amazing. Thank you guys for sharing, I hope someday to visit such a beautiful place even if it is not possible for me.
Oh I hope you get to travel someday! It is such a big wide Wonderful World, and there is so much to see.
I never knew about this story. It sounds very sad and touching. It is very good that this tradition has been preserved, @melinda010100
I like the stories of the Christmas tree ships, and I wish I could have been there this year to take photos of the Christmas trees being delivered.
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Buenas tardes mi amiga @melinda010100 deseo que se encuentre bien . Hermosas imágenes amiga y muchos cortés de pinos para la navidad, deseo que tenga una hermosa tarde y noche amiga.
¡Gracias, Edgar! ¡Espero que tu velada sea muy buena también!